inceptive
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Adjective
inceptive (comparative more inceptive, superlative most inceptive)
- beginning; of or relating to inception
- (grammar) aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning
- Few languages have an inceptive aspect. In some that do, it is identical to the inchoative aspect. The inceptive aspect is often translated into English as "to start [doing something]".
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
inceptive
- vocative masculine singular of inceptivus
